I believe that one person can make a difference.

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Things ain’t what they used to be and never were.

Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.

Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did.

I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn’t want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Writing is like a ‚lust,‘ or like ‚scratching when you itch.‘ Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.

Members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir are not superhuman. They are ordinary people with ordinary frailties. But therein lies the power of their example.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I’m cool with the praise. I’m good.

Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

It is always your next move.

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.

You cannot be creative with people around you.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it’s as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

Everybody likes a compliment.

Just do some kind of workout. Doesn’t matter if it’s going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming – you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game.

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

Hope is a waking dream.

I’m chasing perfection.

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

It usually helps me write by reading – somehow the reading gear in your head turns the writing gear.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

Choose people who lift you up.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.